The Book Cover Archive

January 8, 2009 12:16 PM

The Book Cover Archive presents "an archive of book cover designs and designers for the purpose of appreciation and categorization". via
posted by Rumple (9 comments total)

Yay Science Fiction covers that are not some ugly ass bad typography shit made with Poser and the worlds crappiest Photoshop "chrome" filters.
posted by Artw at 1:17 PM on January 8, 2009

Nice.
posted by signal at 1:18 PM on January 8, 2009

It's also a great site to use for judging books.
posted by bondcliff at 1:23 PM on January 8, 2009 [1 favorite]

very nice, see also
posted by doobiedoo at 1:50 PM on January 8, 2009 [1 favorite]

Gotta love those 60s and 70s ones.
posted by Artw at 1:55 PM on January 8, 2009

The Pelican ones especially.

Whoa dude, my teapot has gone weird!
posted by Artw at 2:05 PM on January 8, 2009 [1 favorite]

God, I hate that Just After Sunset cover. Just looking at it makes me jumpy and uncomfortable.
posted by you're a kitty! at 5:29 PM on January 8, 2009

Sometimes, I wander around bookstores, just looking at the covers.

I'll be in my bunk.
posted by Brandon Blatcher at 5:53 PM on January 8, 2009 [1 favorite]

Thanks for this. See also: Caustic Cover Critic -- Book by its Cover -- Fwis Book Covers.
posted by peacay at 8:49 PM on January 8, 2009